I hate how tech companies are now applying their fetish for a constructed unreality as “features” in photos we take ourselves.
The citizen science website iNaturalist has to remind people to turn off features like this, because it will clobber the details that identify a species to make things look more photogenic.
Plenty of people out there for whom the purpose of a photo isn’t to document objective reality; it’s to portray a postcard-perfect version of reality they can put on social media for clout.
If you have that mindset, then any filters or AI that make your pretend reality more sparkly than it is are all welcome.
I hate how tech companies are now applying their fetish for a constructed unreality as “features” in photos we take ourselves.
The citizen science website iNaturalist has to remind people to turn off features like this, because it will clobber the details that identify a species to make things look more photogenic.
The sad part is, there are people who want it.
Plenty of people out there for whom the purpose of a photo isn’t to document objective reality; it’s to portray a postcard-perfect version of reality they can put on social media for clout.
If you have that mindset, then any filters or AI that make your pretend reality more sparkly than it is are all welcome.